Start your week smart: Hegseth confirmed, hostages released, South Korean president, FEMA’s future, religious charter schools
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — Trump’s controversial pick to serve as Health and Human Services secretary — will face a confirmation ...
Holocaust Remembrance Day: A town once inhabited by Nazis reconciles with the past
As Holocaust Remembrance Day is marked on Jan. 27, a town in southwestern Germany unflinchingly confronts its past and ...
Men Flocking to Orthodoxy: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
First, is there actually a growing trend of young men looking to become Orthodox Christians? Second, is it correct to ...
Christianity Today1d
Moscow Continues Targeting Christians in Russian-Occupied Territories
Across Russian-occupied Ukraine, Kremlin troops have shuttered places of worship since the first invasion began in 2014.
Harvard expands its definition of antisemitism – when does criticism of Israel cross a line?
Many well-intentioned people still struggle to understand what exactly constitutes antisemitism and when anti-Israel rhetoric ...
Cease-fire in Gaza Strip was widely welcomed. It may not last. Here's why.
Netanyahu is under pressure from right-wing members of his coalition government to resume bombardment of the Gaza Strip until ...
Armenian Weekly3d
ANCA raising Washington, DC alarms over threats to Jerusalem’s Armenian Christian Quarter
WASHINGTON—The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) will host two events on Monday, January 27 – one at its headquarters (in-person and webcast) and the other on Capitol Hill –  addressing ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency3dOpinion
An installation in Pennsylvania marks a milestone in the journey of Orthodox women rabbinic leaders
Rabbanit Leah Sarna, the first senior rabbinic leader of her Orthodox synagogue, creates another crack in a persistent glass ...
Asbarez3d
ANCA Sounds Alarm in Washington over Threats to Jerusalem’s Armenian Christian Quarter
The Armenian National Committee of America will host two events on Monday, January 27 – one at its headquarters (in-person ...
Christian Science Monitor3d
Israelis rejoice at hostages’ release, yet worry a sacred vow was broken
As Israelis celebrate the return of hostages held in Gaza, they are also anguished over the long time it took to bring them ...
Israel and Hamas’ hostage deal creates new layers of trauma for families and nation
The deal between Israel and Hamas does not create a permanent cease-fire, does not disarm Gaza, does not eliminate Hamas from ...
Palestinians in Gaza spend their first night without fear of airstrikes
Some displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza expressed relief on Monday, saying they slept for the first time in over a year ...